Open Enrollment and Wellness Update Learning Tuesday October 20, 2015

Learning Objectives Learn about how open enrollment impacts you New rates / Compare Plans New Disability Carrier and enrollment opportunity Flexible Spending Account (FSA) reminders

Learning Objectives Learn how to get paid for making smart health choices Wellness Plan – join anytime! Surgery Decision Support Gym Reimbursement (PPO Plan)

Open Enrollment New Rates / Compare Plans Health plan rate increases vary Some plans decreasing PPO individual rate increasing about 10%, and RF contribution rate unchanged at 85% single and 70% dependent share. NO CHANGE in Dental rates

Open Enrollment New Rates / Compare Plans Read details in the Benefits Bulletin, which you should receive this week. Or, online.

select “Benefits Publications” in Quick Links

What changes can I make? Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage Add or remove dependents Enroll in, or waive coverage Change health plans Life insurance Update beneficiary Enroll in Flexible Spending Accounts Required every year – no rollovers

Ms. Stephanie Gruarin SUNY Buffalo State Human Resources Assistant

2016 Employee Rates Deductible PPO is still the lowest priced option statewide

Traditional or Deductible PPO?

Mr. Wayne R. Klein First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company Sales Representative

New Disability Carrier Returning to First Reliance Standard Our carrier from Impacts all disability coverage New York State Short Term Disability Voluntary Short Term Disability (supplement) Long Term Disability No change in benefits Cost slightly higher, but guaranteed for a longer period

New Disability Carrier Open Enrollment Opportunity Rare chance to join voluntary plan or increase coverage

Get paid to make smart health choices Wellness Plan enters second year Earn up to $400 a year Earn points for healthy activities and logging nutrition Surgery Decision Support (SDS™) Earn a $400 gift card for using the ConsumerMedical program if you are planning to have one of 5 major surgeries Gym Reimbursement (PPO Plans) Up to $300/yr in gym reimbursements

Surgery Decision Support (SDS™) $400 Gift card for participating in a decision support program for any of the following five elective surgeries: Knee Replacement Hip Replacement Weight Loss Surgery Hysterectomy Low Back Surgery (toll-free) M-F, 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. ET

Who is ConsumerMedical? Consumer Medical provides comprehensive, current, objective, and personalized information on ANY diagnosis or medical topic. Information that can help you and your family, with your doctor, make some of the most important decisions of your life. And if you need a second opinion, Consumer Medical can also identify top physician experts for any diagnosis anywhere in the U.S. As a Research Foundation employee, you are eligible to sign up for access to Consumer Medical.

ConsumerMedical™ Learning Tuesday October 20, 2015

18  Helps answer the 5 most important questions in healthcare:  What do I have?, guidance to understand & confirm diagnosis is correct.  What do I need?, understand all available treatment options.  Where do I go?, getting to leading doctors and hospitals for care.  What does it cost?, how to shop for best quality, price and save money.  How do I connect?, build a strong support network with friends, family.  Current, comprehensive, objective, and personalized information  Physician-led teams from leading medical schools  State-of-the-art integrated model of web, phone, and print-based material.  Almost 20 years experience; offered to Research Foundation in 2001  Any medical condition, Any decision, Any point in time  Support for any surgical decision ConsumerMedical-Your GPS for Healthcare™ 18 Proprietary and Confidential

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 A program that targets the following non-emergent surgical procedures where 2 or more medically acceptable treatment options exist and where participants (patients) have legitimate choices among those treatment options.  Low back surgery  Hysterectomy  Knee replacement  Hip replacement  Weight loss surgery  Requirements: to earn $400 Gift Card:  Participant's physician recommends surgery as treatment option  Participant engages at least 30 days prior to a scheduled surgery  Participant reviews personalized materials and engages in ongoing interaction with physician-led support teams  Participant completes a brief telephonic feedback survey Surgery Decision Support (SDS™) 20 Proprietary and Confidential

How to Reach ConsumerMedical Connect to ConsumerMedical  Call ConsumerMedical at (toll-free) Monday-Friday, from 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. ET. (24/7 secure voic to leave a message; calls are returned within 3 hours the next business day)  Register at Enter “Research Foundation” in the company code field on the registration page. 21 Proprietary and Confidential

Key Points for Employees  ConsumerMedical is a clinical decision-making benefit that helps participants answer the five most important questions in healthcare: 1) What do I have? 2) What do I need? 3) Where do I go? 4) What will it cost? 5) How do I connect?  ConsumerMedical’s physician-led research team provides objective, comprehensive, and personalized research, available treatment options, and information for any medical diagnosis or health topic to help empower participants to be smart healthcare consumers.  Participants can access ConsumerMedical throughout the continuum of their care—including the time of diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and coping—and can utilize the service as many times as they need to, for an unlimited number of health topics.  ConsumerMedical can help you with any surgery procedure such as low back surgery, hip replacement, knee replacement, hysterectomy and weight loss surgery.. Knowing your treatment options, the benefits and risks, and any possible complications will help you make the best choices for you and your loved ones.  Research Foundation pays for this program; it is and will always be completely free of charge for all employees, their insured dependents, Retirees and employees on COBRA.. The program is completely confidential— Research Foundation will never know why an employee engages with the program—and is independent of any insurance company. 22 Proprietary and Confidential

Gym Reimbursement (PPO Plans) Earn up to $150 per family every six months Taxable benefit Must make 50 visits to gym in six month period (about twice a week) Submit reimbursement form with log printout from gym

How to get more information? Employee Self Service Benefits Bulletin and select the Regular Employees > Benefits Publications Quick Link Conexis Wellness program Sign up at

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